Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-28
MEN AND MATTERS.

MEN AND MATTERS.
it is said that W. H. Doane OF Clnclnnatl
makes $50, 900 year writing hymns;
It is said that /, 500, 900 copies OF George
w. Pecks bad Boy books have Deen
The theatrical and kindred professions
claim about 10000 persons IN Great BTU
Fierce gales are reported in various parts
of England and Scotland. Many wrecks
are said to have occurred on the coasts.
Secretary Endicott has decided TO 90
away with the practice OF making military
prisoners carry neavy logs for punishment i,
Mr.. Edison says it would be one mhlion
times as difficult to talk from America 10
Europe as from New York to Coney Isl
and
Senator Beck expresses the greatest soil
citude over the final distribution OF the
treasury surplus. Why not bet on the fav-
orite at the next Kentucky derby!
In the year 1885 Paris consumed 5O5, oS4
oxen. 1876. 595 calves, 979, 536 sheep, 3o2,
OO4 hogs and 7,662.118 pounds OF horse
flesh, averaging 157 pounds OF meat 1or
each inhabitant. ~
The three leaQlng papers VI Otc'tin, w,
many, have agreed to boycott the Stettln
City theatre because they have grievance
against The manager. The name OF the
theatre is never mentioned by them.
The London Times prints a second In
stallment of its new serial on "Parnelllsm
and Crime" devoted to the league conven-
tons in Philadelphia and Chicago, and the
part played therein by the Clan ma Gael
society.
The Lonton Times prints story OF ex-
tensiye frauds on the agents OF an Amerl-
can bank-name not given-by means OF
forged letters of credit presented stimuli
taneously at six or eight leading cities on
the continent.
An invention recently perfected in Mis-
sissippi, and which had its first trial In
| London last week, promises to revolution
| ize the cotton seed trade of the south. 1t
removes the coat or soft covering OF the
seed, SO that it can be packed or shipped
without danger of heating or sweating
Through its use the southern planter will
be enabled to send his seed to London,
where there is good demand at high
prices.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press tells this
story about one of the prominent physl-
clans of that city. When he was sixteen
wears of age he left home to teach school In
q neighboring village. He had expressed
a strong taste for the medical profession,
and when he returned home the next spring
his father told him that he might begin to
study medicine if he chose. Study. eX
claimed the boy, why, have been prac
ticing all winter" His father then learned
that an epidemic of measles had struck the
neighborhood where his hopeful son wa
teaching during the winter, and that ht
bought case of medicines, read up on thu
disease and set himself up as healer witt
great success. His spare time after schoo
hours put in this way had laid the founda
ton of his future professional reputation
, It is reported that the female clerks in tn
| departments at Washington are being rap
: idly eliminated, Notwithstanding that tn
! women often make the better clerks. Thu
reason given is that they are harder to dea
! with and less amenable to discipline
E Most of them, it is said, depend upon ia
e gallantry of the superior officers, and ar
' constantly asking favors, many of then
/ not hesitating or seeming to think It lIn
S proper to ask high officials-even as higl
8 as secretary-to make false statements 0
: violate the law in their interests. Tn
r most trouble Is when examining tuCui ~
+" promotion Some have not hestitated +
i ask beforehand for list of the questions
d So persistent are some that it reflects upo
e the whole class, and the departments hav
n entered upon a systematic effort to get ri
|: of them.
In the village of Meyrin, in the canc
of Geneva, Switzerland, some disuse
e wells. it is said, have been hermeticlal
IS sealed and devoted to the novel purpose Q
p serving as barometers to the people. L
d this arrangement an orifce OF about on
O inch in diameter is made in the cover @
is the we'll, by means Of which the inierns
is air is put in communication with the extel
Y nal. When the air pressure on the ouisid
e diminishes on the approach OF storm ID
ii sir in the we'll escapes and blows whist
!" in connection with the orifice, and In TIL
b simple way notice Of a storms approac
g is duly given to the inhabitants. But Il
Il on the contrary, the pressure increases,
d sound OF different and well undersioo
!, character is produced by the entry OF u
r air into the well, and the probability {
n fine weather is announced
IS In obtaining the vast and rich domain
Burmah the English government has con-
N into possession, among other natural frea
,e ures. of immense forests Of teak, whic
q never very plentiful In India, was becou
ing commercially quite rare. and cons
" onenily Of increased cost for induz;ri'
!, purposes. OF ali the woods grown In Il